zero waste

8742 pieces of plastic waste found in 2 hours on a 200 metre stretch of Marina Beach

Wed, 14/06/2017 - 13:59

On June 4, The Initiative on Waste, Informal Workers, and the Future of Chennai, a coalition of research and advocacy groups currently led by Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), undertook a waste assessment and characterisation study (WACS) on Marina Beach, Chennai. Volunteers from the Angels of the Marina and Just Volunteer groups collected 40 bags of inorganic waste from a 200 metre stretch of the beach in two hours.

Satyarupa Shekhar, Director - Government Outreach and Advisory

Garbage, bridges and boatmen

Fri, 19/05/2017 - 23:55

A short video of the initial reconnaissance done at Elliot’s Beach and the Adyar river mouth, to understand and highlight the impact of plastic waste within our water bodies. This is the first step of a major project called the ‘Zero Waste Project’, a joint project in 10 cities across three countries : India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Working Paper on Data Driven Planning for Solid Waste Management in Chennai

Tue, 06/10/2015 - 20:19

Author

Harsha Anantharaman, Researcher, CAG

Working paper by Harsha Anantharaman on data driven planning for SWM based on experiences in Chennai at the "India's World of Waste" conference hosted by NUS, Singapore in July 2015.

Source

Transparent Cities Network, CAG

Licence type

Open Source

Data Driven Planning for Solid Waste Management in Chennai